The CData Connect Virtual SQL Server allows you to establish a connection to your data from client tools that support connections to SQL servers. The Virtual SQL Server mimics the behavior of a traditional SQL server, and it supports a range of query options.

Authentication

Applications connect to the Virtual SQL Server through SQL Server Authentication using a Username and Password. When configuring the connection, set the properties as follows:

• The database server is tds.cdata.com.
• The port is 14333. If you are connecting from application that does not have a separate port field, append the port to the end of the database server with either a colon or comma (tds.cdata.com:14333 or tds.cdata.com,14333).
• Some applications require you to specify a database. For these applications, the database name is the name of the Connection you want to access.
• For the Username, enter your CData Connect username. This is displayed in the top-right corner of the CData Connect interface. For example, test@cdata.com.
• For the Password, enter a Personal Access Token (PAT) that you generate on the Settings page.

Connecting from Client Applications

Virtual SQL Server supports connections from the following client tools:

• Amazon QuickSight
• Azure Analysis Services
• Azure Data Factory
• Looker
• Microsoft Power Apps
• Microsoft PowerAutomate
• Qlik Sense Cloud
• Tableau Cloud

After connecting to a client tool, see Metadata for information about retrieving metadata and Query Syntax for examples of supported query syntax.